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Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that it has received the IR Special Award from the Japan Investor Relations Association (JIRA). This is the first time that the company has received an IR Award from JIRA.

ExRobotics B.V., a Netherlands-based developer of robotics technology for hazardous environments, and Yokogawa Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6841), a global provider of industrial automation, control, and measurement technology, announce the signing of a licensing agreement that will enable Yokogawa to sell and deploy ExRobotics' inspection robot hardware and software platforms worldwide.

Yokogawa Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6841) announced today that its subsidiary, Yokogawa Engineering Asia, has been awarded a contract from PUB, Singapore's National Water Agency, to develop a plant simulation system for the Lower Seletar Waterworks, a 60 million gallons per day (mgd) water treatment facility in Singapore. This is part of PUB's continual investments in innovation and R&D to ensure a safe and sustainable water supply for Singapore.

Yokogawa Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6841) announces the November 15 release of ProSafe-RS R4.05.00, an enhanced version of the ProSafe-RS safety instrumented system. ProSafe-RS is a core product of the OpreX Control and Safety System family.

Yokogawa Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6841) announces that it has acquired a nanopipette*1 technology that was developed by BioStinger, Inc., a spin-off from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Yokogawa Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6841) announces the November 14 release of Plant Resource Manager (PRM) R4.03, the latest version of a software package in the OpreX Asset Management and Integrity family that facilitates the monitoring and control of plant operations by centralizing the management of large volumes of data from instrumentation and manufacturing equipment. PRM R4.03 features powerful device diagnostic functions that help to optimize plant maintenance and ensure safe operations.

Yokogawa Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6841) and MetaMoJi Corporation announce that they have jointly developed SensPlus Note, a low cost and easy to implement solution for the digitization of plant data on mobile devices. SensPlus Note, a solution in Yokogawa's OpreX Operation and Maintenance Improvement family, improves the efficiency and quality of maintenance work and the precision of post-maintenance analyses by enabling data from plant field work to be used more efficiently. This solution will be released in all markets worldwide on January 31.

Yokogawa Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6841) announces that it has entered into a strategic alliance framework agreement to accelerate collaboration with Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC), ranked among the world's largest petrochemical manufacturers. The agreement includes selection of Yokogawa as a preferred supplier of control systems.

Yokogawa Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6841) announces the release of Exaquantum R3.20, an enhanced version of its plant information management system (PIMS) software package in the OpreX Asset Operations and Optimization family.

Yokogawa Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6841) announces that its control system development organization has obtained ISASecure Security Development Lifecycle Assurance (SDLA) certification from the ISA Security Compliance Institute (ISCI) .

Yokogawa Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6841) announces that it has made it onto CDP's Water Security A List and Supplier Engagement Leader Board. The A listing is for the company's sustainable water management practices and disclosure of information on these activities, and the selection to the leader board is for the company's leadership in engaging with its suppliers around the world to reduce carbon emissions and combat global warming.

Yokogawa Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6841) announces that it has acquired capital in APB Corporation (APB), a pioneer in the development of a next-generation lithium-ion battery called the “All Polymer Battery,” with the aim of growing Yokogawa’s energy management system (EMS) business. The two companies have agreed that Yokogawa will provide energy management technology needed for the efficient operation and optimization of large-scale storage batteries.

Yokogawa Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6841) announces that it has developed the SU10 Single Cellome Unit, a device that uses a nanopipette to inject substances such as genes and drugs and aspirate intracellular materials at target locations in individual cells.

Yokogawa Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6841) announces that on March 20, 2020, it completed the acquisition of all shares in Denmark-based Grazper Technologies ApS (Grazper), as mutually agreed. Grazper has developed advanced artificial intelligence (AI) technologies for analyzing images, and Yokogawa aims to leverage these technologies within its various existing businesses and to develop new industrial AI solutions.

Yokogawa Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6841) announces that its subsidiary Yokogawa Turkey Industrial Automation Solutions A.S. (Yokogawa Turkey) has won an order to provide a control system and field instruments for the Zerger gas-fired power plant in Turkmenistan. The order was received from Renaissance Heavy Industries, a major construction company in Turkey that is involved in the construction of this plant for Turkmenenergo, a state-owned power utility in Turkmenistan. This is Yokogawa's first control systems order for a power plant in this country.

On March 25, 2020, Hitachi Capital Corporation, Yokogawa Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6841), and amnimo Inc., a subsidiary of Yokogawa, entered into a comprehensive partnership agreement with an aim to provide new services by adding Industrial IoT ("IIoT") to each company's technologies, know-how, and lease equipment.

Yokogawa Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6841) announces that Yokogawa Solution Service Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary, has installed a Yokogawa control system for one of Japan's largest wind-power plants, and that this facility, Wind Farm Tsugaru, has come online. This plant was built by Green Power Tsugaru GK, a limited liability company that belongs to Green Power Investment Corporation.

Yokogawa Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6841) announces the release of artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled versions of the GX series panel-mount type paperless recorders, GP series portable paperless recorders, and GA10 data logging software, which are components of the highly operable and expandable SMARTDAC+data acquisition and control system. This new AI functionality includes the future pen, a function developed by Yokogawa that enables the drawing of predicted waveforms. Yokogawa is also releasing a new CPU module for the e-RT3 Plus edge computing platform that is environmentally robust and Python compatible. The GX/GP and e-RT3 release is set for April 8, and the GA10 software will be released on May 13. The SMARTDAC+ system is a product in the OpreX Data Acquisition family, and the e-RT3 Plus is part of the OpreX Control Devices family.

Yokogawa Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6841) announces that on April 8, it completed the acquisition of all shares of Fluid Imaging Technologies, Inc., as mutually agreed.

Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that Dr. Penny Chen of Yokogawa Corporation of America has been selected by Control, a prestigious and influential industry publication in the US, to be inducted into its Process Automation Hall of Fame, Class of 2020. Dr. Chen is senior principal technology strategist at Yokogawa Corporation of America's U.S. Technology Center based in Dallas, Texas.

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